Hypoleucis H. tripunctata Mabille H. tripunctata tripunctata Aframomum alboviolaceum A. latifolium A. cereum A. sceptrum Aframomum H. ophiusa (Hewitson) Costus Costaceae H. sophia Evans Sorghum arundinaceum (Poaceae) Zingiberales Poaceae H. sophia H. tripunctata H. sophia Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 9. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: Zingiberales feeders, genera of unknown biology and an overview of the Hesperiinae incertae sedis Cock, Matthew J. W. Congdon, T. Colin E. Collins, Steve C. Zootaxa 2016 4066 3 201 247 92C76 Mabille, 1891 Mabille 1891 [151,463,151,178] Insecta Hesperiidae Hypoleucis Animalia Lepidoptera 21 222 Arthropoda genus    Hypoleucisis a small Afrotropical genus of just three species ( Evans 1937, Ackery et al. 1995). Evans (1937)and Ackery et al. (1995)treat the typespecies of the genus,  H. tripunctataMabilleas having three subspecies, but Larsen (2005)raises doubts as to whether subspecies are justified ‘since any population shows considerable variation’. Vuattoux (1999)reared  H. tripunctata tripunctataonce from  Aframomum alboviolaceum(as  A. latifolium) in June 1973and once from  A. cereum(as  A. sceptrum) in July 1979at Lamto, Côte d’Ivoire(repeated as  Aframomumin Vande weghe 2010). The common  H. ophiusa(Hewitson)feeds on  Costusspp. ( Costaceae) and is treated below. In contrast, Vuattoux (1999)reared the much rarer  H. sophiaEvansfrom  Sorghum arundinaceum(Poaceae)once in February 1972(repeated in Vande weghe 2010). It seems rather unlikely that different members of the same genus would feed on Zingiberalesand Poaceae, so this record needs confirmation. However, it is worth noting Evans’ (1937) observation that  H. sophiadiffers from the other two species in having no forewing brand and very special, completely different palpi, the third segment being comparatively long, pointed and in continuation of the second segment; but in appearance, antennae, venation and wing shape it does not differ from the other species. It is almost certainly not congeneric (T.B. Larsen pers. comm. 2015). We have no other information on the early stages of  H. tripunctataand  H. sophia.